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	<title>Bamboo Bits and Pieces &#187; Bamboo Basics</title>
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		<title>Winter Bamboo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cold hardy bamboo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a short report and a few pics of how our clumping bamboos performed during last week&#8217;s record cold snap. It&#8217;s raining and temperatures are back in 40&#8242;s this week but last week, the night temperatures in much of southwestern WA dropped below 10 degrees F., with daytime highs in the teens and twenties. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What About Snow?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s freaky March weather brings to mind a consideration that few of us make when we plant a bamboo; what happens when it snows?  More than any other landscape plant I can think of, the big bamboos have the potential to cause problems even with light snow fall.  (Click images to enlarge) In Western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bamboo Impostors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake bamboo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dracaena sanderiana AKA Lucky Bamboo is probably the plant most frequently mistaken for bamboo.  In Western Washington, people frequently mistake Nandina domestica (Heavenly Bamboo) and Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese Knotweed) for bamboo as well. Usually plants are mistaken because the stems have nodes like bamboo, the foliage has a bamboo look, or &#8220;bamboo&#8221; is part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bamboo Short, Short List</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Basics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[clumping bamboo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fargesia rufa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golden bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[henon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to grow bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indocalamus tesselatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phyllostachys atrovaginata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phyllostachys nigra 'henon']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phyllostachys vivax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pleioblastus shibuyanus 'tsuboi']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psuedosasa japonica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selecting bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shade bamboos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[variegated bamboo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ready to begin your bamboo search?  If you aren&#8217;t up to wading through the stats of over 400 bamboos listed on Bambooweb.info, here&#8217;s a more manageable list of just a few wonderful bamboos that are evergreen in USDA Zones 7a-8a to get you started.  Note that the sizes are common for Western Washington, but may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Soil Primer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amending soil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bamboo soils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biosolids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t have to be a soil expert to grow great bamboo, but it certainly doesn&#8217;t hurt to have a basic understanding of how the soil may affect your bamboo.  This is especially true in regions where soils are poorly suited to gardening.  In this article, you will learn some basics soil characteristics and ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fertilizing Bamboo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Basics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fertilizing bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to grow bamboo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best way to fertilize is to have a complete soil test done first, then supplement with a fertilizer that will compensate for any nutrient deficiencies. Otherwise, a fertilizer program becomes a lot like adding fuel and oil to a car without ever checking the gas gauge or the dipstick. Frankly, most of us aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Prune Medium-Timber Bamboo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bamboo tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintaining bamboo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could prune the big, running bamboos with the same techniques I described in How to Prune Dwarf, and Shrub Bamboos, however, your timber bamboo would probably never get over 5&#8242;-6&#8242; high.  Instead, you selectively remove some of the older, less productive culms, in order to make way for new vigorous growth. You may also want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Prune Dwarf, and Shrub Bamboos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article, you will learn about the tools and the techniques used to prune ground cover bamboos on up to bamboos that reach 10&#8242;-12&#8242; mature height.  You can click on the links to see a picture, click on the picture to close it. Why Prune? As bamboo stems age, they lose their vigor and eventually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Contain Running Bamboos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[containing bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhizome barrier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhizome pruning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever this topic comes up, so does the question of rhizome barrier.  After years of listening to escape stories, talking with other growers, and observing &#8220;contained&#8221; bamboo, I am convinced to the marrow of my bones that a vigorous running bamboo will defeat a poly rhizome barrier over time, every time.  I will save further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Plant Your Bamboo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philinshelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fertilizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to grow bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planting bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have average garden soil, your bamboo will probably do well if you simply dig a hole, and plant it!  However, you can take a few steps before and after planting that will help your bamboo establish and grow quickly.  Click on a link to open a picture, click on the picture to close [...]]]></description>
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